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Andrea Horwath announced yesterday that the NDP will support the Ontario budget
Here’s the release from the NDP
Here’s Wynne responding to Horwath’s announcement
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Positive changes to social assistance are slated to go ahead, following this morning’s announcement by opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath that her party will provide the support required in the Legislature for the 2013 provincial budget to…
Ontario Budget 2013: Coverage
“Far reaching and fundamental”
“Heading in the right direction”
“The right direction, but more work to do”
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Moving Forward on Positive Social Assistance Reform Budget 2013 has begun to make positive changes to a social assistance system that has continued to impoverish and cause hardship for low-income Ontarians. The majority of these…
Today is Budget Day in Ontario – later today the new Finance Minister, Charles Sousa, will introduce the next provincial budget in the legislature. What can we expect from this year’s budget? Ontario’s politicians have…
We’ve recently been hearing a number of misleading claims about the administration of the Special Diet Allowance program – such as the notion that doctors “just fill out the forms for people because benefit rates…
Are you on OW or ODSP? Do you have: Hepatitis C; Prader Willi Syndrome; Unintended Weight Loss due to renal failure? You may now be eligible for the Special Diet Allowance. Changes have recently been…
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Low-income moms are looking for a Mother’s Day gift in the upcoming budget, says YWCA-Toronto
Sheila Block of Wellesley discusses a recent Finance Minister speech, and gives a prescription for a better budget
Yesterday’s link didn’t work – so here’s the story about social assistance reform and the Special Diet Allowance again
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The Ontario budget is coming May 2, and the deficit is $5 billion less than projected
People with health conditions fear losing the Special Diet Allowance
The budget should boost the Ontario Child Benefit to promised levels this year
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Ontario Campaign 2000 releases report card on Ontario’s progress on child poverty and the results aren’t good
Response from the NDP’s Cheri DiNovo
A new McMaster University / United Way of Toronto study on precarious employment in the GTA and Hamilton gets great coverage
The new Wynne government and the Opposition parties have returned to the Ontario Legislature and the Throne Speech has been read. The next significant milestone will be the 2013 provincial budget. This year’s budget may…
“The Premier’s Office: The New Team”
Press Release
On Ted McMeekin, the new Minister of Community and Social Services
Wynne calls for a “fair society”